Abstract: One of the greatest sources of uncertainty in the calculation of wind loads occurs in the selection of the wind exposure. This paper compares the traditional power-law exposure–coefficient curves used in North American ...

Abstract: The study of the stability of two-layer baroclinic flows in a zonal magnetic field (Part II) is generalized to include a parabolic flow profile in the upper layer. Contrary to the nonmagnetic case, angularities may be ...

Abstract: Because of its possible applications to the solar differential rotation, hydromagnetic dynamo theory, and the geomagnetic secular variation, the dynamics of baroclinic, geostrophic ?-plane flow in a zonal (toroidal), ...

Abstract: The properties of quasi-geostrophic, baroclinic flow in a zonal magnetic field, as formulated previously by the writer, are examined for a zonal flow profile of hyperbolic tangent form in the vertical coordinate. The ...

Abstract: The equations of Part I are approximated to represent a two-layer model. All the theorems for the continuous case are shown to hold in the two-layer case as well. In addition, bounds are placed on the phase velocities of ...

Abstract: Bed‐form data from laboratory experiments using cohesionless, fine silica solids in shallow water flows are analyzed to find dimenionless relationships for geometry and friction factor. With increasing flow discharge over ...

Abstract: We present extensive linear numerical simulations of Boussinesq convection in a rotating spherical shell of finite depth. The motivation for the study is the problem of general circulation of the solar convection zone. We ...

Abstract: Supercritical CO2 power cycles for fossil energy power generation will likely employ oxy-combustion at very high pressures, possibly exceeding 300 bar. At these high pressures, a direct fired oxy-combustor is more likely ...

Abstract: Supercritical CO2 power cycles for fossil energy power generation will likely employ oxy-combustion at very high pressures, possibly exceeding 300 bar. At these high pressures, a direct fired oxy-combustor is more likely ...